Whitehouse-Cicilline bicameral legislation would increase transparency and guard against foreign interference by requiring disclosure of dark money spending
Schumer: ‘This common sense transparency legislation is a crucial step towards shielding democracy from the influence of corporations, special interests, and malicious foreign actors and putting the power back into the hands of Americans’
Pelosi: I ‘support the DISCLOSE ACT: bold legislation to fix our broken political system and put the power back in the hands of the people’
Press Releases
2018/06/27
WASHINGTON – Democratic Policy and Communications Committee (DPCC) Co-Chair David N. Cicilline (RI-01), who serves on the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement today:
“In light of the serious allegations of corruption that have been raised against the President, the ongoing Special Counsel investigation, and the standard Republicans set in 2016 when they denied Merrick Garland a single hearing on his Supreme Court nomination, I believe the Senate should wait until after the midterms to consider Justice Kennedy's replacement. The American people deserve to have a voice in this process."
2018/06/26
WASHINGTON – Democratic Policy and Communications Committee (DPCC) Co-Chair David N. Cicilline (RI-01), who serves on the House Foreign Affairs and Judiciary Committees, issued the following statement today:
“This is a bad decision that undermines our security and our values. The President made clear throughout the campaign that he wanted to limit the number of Muslims allowed to enter the United States. He put that rhetoric into action a few days into his presidency. It’s sad that the conservative majority on the Supreme Court ignored these basic facts in their decision.”
2018/06/21
WASHINGTON – U.S. Congressman David N. Cicilline (RI-01), who serves as Vice Chair of the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, introduced a Congressional resolution today to recognize June 21st, the first day of summer, as National Asking Saves Kids (ASK) Day.
The National ASK Day initiative, which is led by the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence, encourages parents to ask each other – “Is there a loaded, unsecured gun in your house?” The goals of National ASK Day have been endorsed by Head Start, the American Public Health Association, and the American Academy of Pediatrics.
2018/06/21
WASHINGTON – U.S. Congressman David N. Cicilline (RI-01) issued the following statement today:
“Today’s decision is a major victory for locally owned businesses, the economic lifeblood our communities. For decades, small and locally owned businesses have withered on the vine because of the internet sales tax loophole that was closed today by the Supreme Court.”
2018/06/20
WASHINGTON – U.S. Congressman David N. Cicilline (RI-01), who visited the U.S.-Mexico border this weekend to see the effects of President Trump’s cruel family separation policy firsthand, issued the following statement today:
“This is pathetic. Apparently the President is fine to keep immigrant families together as long as he can keep them behind bars indefinitely. That’s not a solution. He created this crisis with his ‘zero tolerance’ policy that treats asylum seekers as criminals. Nothing in this executive order changes that.”
2018/06/20
WASHINGTON – David N. Cicilline (RI-01), a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement after Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley announced the United States will withdraw as a member of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC):
“The Trump Administration has made a serious mistake withdrawing the United States’ membership on the UNHRC. Leaving the Council will allow flagrant human rights abusers like China, Cuba, and Saudi Arabia to determine its actions. The Human Rights Council is not perfect but it is far better to stay engaged and maintain U.S. influence, which has had a positive effect since joining the Council in 2009, than to cede the forum to those who have no interest in protecting fundamental freedoms.”
2018/06/20
WASHINGTON – David N. Cicilline (RI-01), a member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, released the following statement upon reports that the Trump administration may withdraw as a member of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC):
“I strongly urge the Trump administration to maintain the United States’ participation in the UNHRC. Pulling out of this forum undermines our moral leadership in the world. The Human Rights Council has many faults; but we have seen time and again that strong U.S. leadership at the Council and within the United Nations as whole, can result in positive outcomes.”
2018/06/20
WASHINGTON – Congressmen David N. Cicilline (D-RI-01) and Drew Ferguson (R-GA-03) today introduced the Protecting Job Opportunities for Borrowers Act (Protecting JOBs Act). This legislation would prevent states from suspending, revoking or denying state professional, teaching or driver’s licenses solely because borrowers fall into a delinquent or default status on their federal student loan payments.
2018/06/20
WASHINGTON – U.S. Congressman David N. Cicilline (RI-01) issued the following statement today:
“Apparently when President Trump said he would ‘Make America Great Again,’ he wasn’t talking about Rhode Island. This is a terrible decision. It will make it harder for states like ours to protect our beautiful oceans and coastline. Not only will it jeopardize our environment, it will make it harder for us to generate economic activity through tourism and recreation. This is another example of President Trump’s policies that will hurt Rhode Island.”
2018/06/13
WASHINGTON - The U.S. House Judiciary Committee today approved the bipartisan No Oil Producing and Exporting Cartels (NOPEC) Act (H.R. 5904) that Congressmen David N. Cicilline (RI-01) and Steve Chabot (OH-01) introduced three weeks ago. This legislation will help fight high gas prices by making members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and other foreign oil cartels subject to U.S. antitrust law.
Cicilline, Chabot, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (VA-06), and House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (NY-10) issued the following statements today:
2018/06/11
PAWTUCKET – U.S. Congressman David N. Cicilline (RI-01), author of the Automatic Voter Registration Act (H.R.2840), issued the following statement today after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 to uphold an Ohio law that allows politicians to purge thousands of citizens from voter registration lists:
“The right to vote is fundamental to our democracy. As a country, we are strongest when the greatest number of people participate in our elections. Today’s decision, however, empowers politicians who want to advance their own interests by making it harder for workers, young people, and minorities to make their voices heard at the ballot box.”
2018/06/11
PAWTUCKET – U.S. Congressman David N. Cicilline (RI-01), a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement today ahead of President Trump’s meeting with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un:
“Like all Americans, I hope that the President’s meeting with Kim Jong Un tonight proves successful. The North Korean regime is one of the most brutal on the face of the earth. They have repeatedly promised to destroy the United States and our allies with nuclear weapons. It’s critical that the President succeed in advancing our national security goals and not hand the North Koreans huge, one-sided concessions just so he can say he got a deal.”
2018/06/07
WASHINGTON – U.S. Congressman David N. Cicilline (RI-01), who serves on the Congressional Task Force on Seniors, issued the following statement today after the Trump administration announced the Medicare trust fund will be depleted by 2026 - three years earlier than previously expected - and that the Social Security Trust Fund will follow in 2034:
2018/06/04
PAWTUCKET - U.S. Congressman David N. Cicilline (RI-01), author of the Equality Act and co-chair of the LGBT Equality Caucus, issued the following statement today:
“Our country was founded on the idea that everyone is equal in the eyes of the law. There is no religious tradition that holds as a central tenet that you must deny goods or services to people based on their sexual orientation or gender identity. Unfortunately, the Supreme Court declined to consider these facts in their decision today.”
“In order to ensure full equality for LGBT individuals in our country, Congress needs to pass the Equality Act. Speaker Ryan should bring this bill to the floor for a vote and let members of Congress be judged by their constituents for where they stand.”
2018/06/01
PAWTUCKET – U.S. Congressman David N. Cicilline (RI-01) issued the following statement tonight:
“Access to quality, affordable health care should be a right for all Americans, not just a privilege for the wealthy and well-off. It’s completely unacceptable that this increase is going to make it harder than ever for working Rhode Islanders to have affordable health care. Health care costs are about to skyrocket because late last year Republicans in Washington passed a new law cutting taxes for the wealthy and undermining the Affordable Care Act.”
2018/06/01
PAWTUCKET – U.S. Congressman David N. Cicilline (RI-01) led more than 60 House colleagues today in requesting the U.S. Office of Government Ethics investigate President Trump’s efforts to prop up a failing Chinese telecom conglomerate shortly after the Chinese government provided his own company with a $500 million loan.
2018/05/23
WASHINGTON – Democratic Policy and Communications Committee (DPCC) Co-Chair David N. Cicilline (RI-01) issued the following statement today after the U.S. House voted to pass the Bank Lobbyist Act (S.2155) to roll back critical portions of the Dodd-Frank financial reform law:
“Ten years ago, Wall Street’s recklessness brought our economy to the brink of collapse. It has taken Rhode Island years to recover. In many ways, we are still recovering.”
“The Dodd-Frank financial reform law ended the worst of the Big Banks’ excesses. It established the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and gave working people a voice against the most powerful corporations in our country.”
2018/05/22
WASHINGTON, DC – Rhode Island’s Congressional delegation today announced that the state is scheduled to receive $7,380,473 in federal funding to help emergency responders and their partners prepare for and react to a range of crises and security challenges – including natural disasters. U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and U.S. Representatives Jim Langevin and David Cicilline today announced that the state will receive the federal national preparedness funds, which are awarded by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and will be administered by the Rhode Island Emergency Management Agency (RIEMA).
2018/05/17
WASHINGTON – U.S. Congressman David N. Cicilline (RI-01), a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement today:
“It is shameful that the U.S. Senate approved Gina Haspel to serve as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. The use of torture under President George W. Bush is a dark chapter in the story of our great country. We cannot simply forget. We certainly should not reward those who, like Ms. Haspel, oversaw the use of torture and destroyed evidence to conceal this program.”